Jim Dandy will mark first start for Risk Taking since Preakness dud | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA SPRINGS In the early spring, trainer Chad Brown had two Klaravich Stables colts pointing toward the Triple Crown trail.
They both wound up in the Grade II Wood Memorial on April 3, then the Preakness on May 15, and there they were together again on Saturday, breezing four furlongs side-by-side on the main track at Saratoga Race Course.
Only one is ready to get back to the races for the first time since the Preakness, though, and that’s Risk Taking, who will run in the Grade II Jim Dandy on Saturday looking to regain the form he showed in winning the Grade III Withers in February.
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11:20AM, FEB 21 2021
American Pharoah notched his third top-flight winner, and first on dirt, when his son Cafe Pharoah claimed the Grade 1 February Stakes at Tokyo on Sunday. The US-bred four-year-old was adding to his two Grade 3 victories, having won the Unicorn Stakes and the Sirius Stakes last year.
Jockey Christophe Lemaire tracked the leaders aboard the powerfully-built bay, and having hit the front entering the final furlong, Cafe Pharoah ran on strongly to deny the fast-finishing Air Spinel, a son of King Kamehameha, by three-quarters of a length. His condition was super and I had confidence already in the paddock, said Lemaire. We decided to use cheekpieces hoping for a more aggressive performance. His start was good, we were positioned well and he responded beautifully. The colt has such high potential. I had no doubt that he could land a Grade 1 win if he gave his best. I’m happy that it all worked out today.